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Rescue efforts have failed to save a 47-year-old climber Natalia Nagovitsyna after she broke her leg on a mountain in Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 12

Two weeks later, multiple attempts to save her from Victory Peak have failed

Her friend and fellow mountaineer died trying to help her

Tragedy is compounding for 47-year-old Natalia Nagovitsyna, who broke her leg more than two weeks ago while climbing a 24,406-foot mountain in Kyrgyzstan.

Three days after the Russian woman was injured, a friend died trying to save her , and other rescue attempts have also failed.

After weeks of attempts to save Nagovitsyna from Victory Peak, state officials told CBS News on Wednesday, Aug. 27, that a thermal drone reached the tiny tent where she was stranded at an altitude of about 23,000 feet.

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